A six-year-old boy has proved he’s bought a head for heights after scaling Ben Nevis for charity.
Little Kaleb Kelly was joined on the current trek by mum Nicola in addition to uncle, gran and older sister.
And it was all for trigger as Kaleb raised over £500 for the Samaritans Shoe Field Enchantment.
Final month, we informed the story of kids and workers at after faculty membership Wee Gems Armadale having raised over £2000 for the enchantment, which sees kids in Third World international locations given presents to open for Christmas.
Kaleb and his household then determined to go the additional mile - after which some - by climbing the UK’s tallest mountain to assist support the fundraising efforts.
Chatting with the Courier, proud mum Nicola mentioned: “As a household we fairly like climbing the hills. Ben Nevis was Kaleb’s first Munro. He bought the most important one completed first!
“Wee Gems had determined they have been going to boost funds for Samaritans Shoe Field Enchantment this yr and we needed to do one thing to assist out. We went for climbing Ben Nevis once we have been on a household vacation.
“My mum works for a financial institution they usually match-funded what Kaleb raised so there was over £1000 all in between the 2 of them.”
She added: “It was an unimaginable achievement nevertheless it was actually good enjoyable. The cash bought despatched over to Samaritans and understanding that it’s all for trigger makes all of it value it.”
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